England captain Harry Kane has admitted that he can break Wayne Rooney’s goalscoring record.
Kane, who will be leading the Three Lions against Croatia at Wembley in a Nations League tie on Sunday is, however, sceptical that he can break the record that stands at 53 goals for Rooney. He says he does not like setting records that might be too far to achieve.
“It’s definitely possible but it’s still a fair bit away. I don’t like to set my targets that far ahead in the future because a lot of things can happen. We’ll see over the next few years how many goals I’ve got and hopefully, I’m still fit and healthy and still getting picked by the manager. It’s definitely something that’s achievable but not something I’m thinking about too much right now.” Kane said.
Gareth Southgate, Kane’s international coach hopes to see England overcome the challenge from Croatia. The two sides clashed at the World Cup semi-final stage and England were knocked out before another meeting in the Nations League that ended 0-0 in an empty stadium in Croatia.
“I think we’ve learned with every experience that we’ve had. We’ve added more depth to the squad in terms of some more young players emerging, more competition for places. We’ve had a slight change of system which has also added something different, so we’ve got some flexibility in how we can play.
“So we’re always improving and I think in those five matches that you’ve seen since the summer what we haven’t done is sat on our laurels and said ‘OK, we’re happy with what we did at the World Cup — that’s it for the year, we’ll look forward to the European Championship.’ We’ve wanted to keep improving and I think the players have shown that mentality as well.” Southgate said.
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